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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Lottioidea: Lottiidae

Tectura tenera (C. B. Adams, 1845)


Range: 18°N ; 77°W
Maximum Reported Size: 20.5  mm

Synonymy

Patella tenera C. B. Adams, 1845
Collisella tenera (C. B. Adams, 1845) 
Acmaea carpenteri Pilsbry, 1891

Details


Patella tenera C. B. Adams, 1845, p. 8, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 18°N ; 77°W
Maximum Reported Size: 18.8 mm
Distribution: Jamaica
References: C. B. Adams (1845) NSEWM; Christiaens (1975b) v
Combining Genera:  Collisella

Acmaea carpenteri Pilsbry, 1891, p. 39-40, pl. 33, figs. 70-73
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: West Indies
Maximum Reported Size: 20.5 mm
References: Pilsbry (1891b) M; Christiaens (1975b) s


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1845. Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2 1-17. [Stated date: -- Jan 1845.]
Pilsbry, H. A. 1891. Acmaeidae, Lepetidae, Patellidae, Titiscaniidae Manual of Conchology (1)13(49) 1-64, pls. 1-15. [Stated date: 03 Aug 1891.]

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